Venue

Plattecon XXXI

Year of the Minor Antagonist

March 2 - 4

A weekend of fun led by the Platteville Gaming Association. While our focus is tabletop games, we also have videogames, space simulators, an anime room, costume contest, vendors, special guests, and more!

Ullsvik Hall
1 University Plaza
Platteville, WI. 53818

Online Registration is in the works, otherwise mail in registration can be found at these links:

DDAL and PFS sign up's

Auction Submissions

If you have items you would like listed in the Silent Auction, please E-mail a list to the Con-Chair at platteconcoordinator@gmail.com. Please include starting bid and a picture of the items you wish to auction. There will be a $5 fee for every 5 items. For example, 1-4 are free, 5-9 is $5, 10-14 is $10, and so on. For every item sold for $10 or more Plattecon will receive a 10% commission. This commission is reduced to 5% for current members and paid alumni. The commission will be rounded down to the nearest whole dollar amount.

Special Guests

Unapologetic Geek Out-Podcast

Have you ever loved something so much you just had to geek out about it to the person next to you? Only to have to apologize later when you realize you just spent the last hour telling some random stranger about the latest episode of Doctor Who? Well head on over to “UGO: Unapologetic Geek Out”, where you can geek out with us every week and never have to apologize. Every week we pick a subject and geek out about it. We cover movies, TV, cartoons, comics, anime, and games (both video and tabletop)
We also cover the latest trailers in our episode of “Trailer Talk” We love interacting with our fellow geeks. Send us a question and we will answer it on the air. Have a suggestion for something we should watch, play, read, consume we would love to hear those as well. Are you a fellow "unapologist"? Subscribe to us on itunes. Or download the podcast directly from our webpage at www.unapologeticgeekout.libsyn.com.
Have a suggestion for us or a question you want us to read on the air? Leave it on our Twitter @UGOpodcast or our Facebook page or at unapologeticgeekout@gmail.com

Clopas

Clopas is a game development company based in Platteville, started in 2017 by Scott & Roxanne Adams. We are dedicated to family friendly, uplifting adventure games. Even our logo is a puzzlement! Can you figure it out?

Scott was the first person known to create an adventure-style game for personal computers, in 1978 on a 16KB Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I, written in the BASIC programming language and has released several games over the years. Clopas is currently working on 'Escape the Gloomer' an Epic Adventure of Redwall game, in collaboration with Soma Games, scheduled to be released Winter 2018. We are excited to announce, that we are working hard to have the world premiere demo of our game ready for Plattecon! Clopas will also have a presentation Sunday entitled ‘That was then, This is now.’

The Fan Club

Vendors

Chimera Hobby Shop

Plattecon is happy to welcome back Chimera, which has been a part of PlatteCon since its origins. Chimera offers a wide selection of games, cards, dice, and gaming accessories. www.chimerahobby.com

Cardz Xtcetera

A new addition to the Plattecon vendors. We are a convention-based Anime, Manga, vintage collectible, nostalgia, Gaming, Cosplay/Steampunk, glow/L.E.D. and Japanese snack retailer. We will be featuring board and card games here and adding geek items over time.

Deals N Dragons

A new gameshop we're joined by Deals N Dragons this year for the convention. Deals N Dragons is a local game store in Platteville, WI. We offer a fun and friendly place for players of all skills to participate in our games.

Artists

Applications for Artist Alley and Vendor positions at Plattecon are open. Contact platteconcoordinator@gmail.com for details.

TurtleArmyJess

I am a digital artist, animator, and yarn enthusiast. I have sold at Plattecon three years ago and am very excited to be back as a PGA alumni. I will be selling knit and/or crocheted dicebags, plushies, keychains, and of course a small army of crocheted turtles (buy one and help us in our quest for world domination. Also, new this year will be a plethora of nerdy buttons featuring some digital fanart for things such as Dungeons and Dragons, animes, videogames, and tv shows.

JaLynn

I’ve been sewing for my entire life, this is my first year as an artist at Plattecon. Selling dicebags, chainmail bracelets and other jewelry, and other trinkets and items at reasonable prices!

Tentacle-made studios

(www.tentaclemadestudios.com) is a mixed media, conceptual studio practice creating a variety of goods from original and fandom illustrations and buttons and prints to small-scale sculpture and art dolls to everyday goods like hand-collaged tote bags and pillows with original artwork upon them. where to find tentacle-made studios-- quixotism and curiosity: from tentacle-made studios tentacle-made studios on instagram tentacle-made studios on twitter online portfolio (housed on flickr) tentacle-made studios on tumblr tentacle-made studios' facebook fan page tentacle-made studios and projecTransparency on youtube

Unlikely Heroes Studios

We are an independent comic book company with a team spread out all over America who creates, prints, and publishes high-quality comics. Our flagship title is Super!, which follows a ragtag team of amateur heroes as they struggle to make a name for themselves in a universe dominated by more popular, established teams. In the grand tradition of The Venture Bros. and Mystery Men, SUPER! is a loving homage to the genre that knows when to laugh at itself and isn't afraid to poke fun at comic tropes along the way. Our newest release, The Surgeon, follows a doctor as she seeks out work in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and learns to balance her desire to heal with the necessity to kill others in order to survive. Check out uhstudios.com for more information and some hot free preview action!

Ginger Kitten Enterprises

I’m looking forward to another year at PlatteCon, selling bead art, jewelry, and more, handmade by me! Check out gingerkittenenterprises.com, or follow me on Facebook or Instagram @gingerkittenenterprises for photos of my work!

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